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# edit

verb (edit, edits, edited, editing); noun (an edit, edits)

«edit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To edit writing is to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing mistakes and improving words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m1)
2. To edit a film, photo or video is to cut and arrange it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m2)
3. To be in charge of a newspaper, magazine or book and decide what goes in it is also to edit it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m3)
4. An edit is a change made in this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school writing pupils plan, draft, edit and publish; editing means checking spelling, punctuation and sense. In everyday life people edit photos and videos. Phrases: «edit your work», «edit out» (remove), «make an edit», «editing checklist».

### Examples

- Edit your story before you write it out neatly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x1)
- I edited my paragraph and fixed three spelling mistakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x2)
- She edits videos for her family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x3)
- The teacher asked us to edit with a green pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x4)
- He edited out the boring part of the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x5)
- My edits made the sentence much clearer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x6)
- Photos can be edited, so not every picture online is real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: edited, editing (only one «t»). The person is an «editor»; the result is an «edition» or «edit». Editing is not the same as rewriting from scratch. Safety: edited photos and videos can make fake things look real.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «edit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«edit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/edit.html) on Mova free.